Research reveals new gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens
Washington DC [US], September 18 (ANI): An international team of scientists led by University of Vienna microbiologist Alexander Loy identified new gut bacteria that feeds only on taurine and creates the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulphide. The researchers have therefore added to our understanding of those microbial mechanisms that have intriguing consequences on health. This is also true of Taurinivorans muris: the bacte